For Microsoft, It’s all About the Cloud

Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has figured out the key to success. Satya Nadella’s focus on the cloud has helped the company deliver stunning quarterly results for the last few quarters. The latest quarter was no exception.

2016 IPO Prospects: InsideSales.com Appears Ready to List

According to a 2014 study by InsideSales.com on sales acceleration technology, the US market is estimated to grow from $12.8 billion in 2014 to more than $30 billion by 2017. The report estimates the market to have grown 40% in 2015. According to another study on the European market, European businesses are spending nearly $6,590 per

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2016 IPO Prospects: Illumio Rides On Security Trend

According to a report by research firm IHS, the global network security appliance and software market was trending at $8 billion annual run rate as of 2015. The analyst expects the market size for data center and carrier appliances and virtual security appliances to grow 42% over the period 2015 through 2019. Here is an interesting

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2016 IPO Prospects: Houzz May Unveil The Curtains

An IBISWorld report had pegged the US interior design market to be worth $12 billion in 2015. Overall, the home improvement market is expected to be worth about $350 billion-$500 billion, growing 6% annually. According to a State of the Industry survey published by online vendor Houzz, more than half the interior decorating businesses expect revenues to

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2016 IPO Prospects: Is Uber Ready to Ride the Stock Market?

If there is one company that has surprised everyone with its meteoric valuation rise, it is San Francisco’s Uber. The ride-sharing app provider has defied all controversies and sane judgements about sustainable valuations in the past year. The market is eagerly waiting for it to go public, but till last year with private funding coming

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Billion Dollar Unicorns: Veeva Delivers Strong Fundamentals

According to a Transparency Market Research report, the global cloud computing market in the healthcare services sector is projected to grow to $6.8 billion by the year 2018 compared with $1.82 billion in 2011. Pleasonton, California-based Veeva Systems is delivering strong performance within this high growth market.

2016 IPO Prospects: Datto Bootstrapped First, Raised Money Later

According to a MarketsandMarkets report, the Disaster Recovery as a Service market is estimated to grow 53% annually over the period 2015 to 2020. The market is estimated to be worth $11.92 billion in 2020. While North America will be the largest market in terms of market size, emerging markets of Latin America, Asia-Pacific, and

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2016 IPO Prospects: Coupa Manages Expenses Expertly

Two years ago, SAP completed the $8.3 billion acquisition of Concur Technologies, clearly highlighting the importance of SaaS-based solutions within the expense management space. According to a TechNavio report, the Global SaaS-based Expense Management market is estimated to grow 19.2% annually over the period 2013 through 2018. The market is dominated by bigger vendors including

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